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Government Departments: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to encourage Government Departments in Whitehall to prioritise the (a) procurement and (b) purchase of British produced (i) food and (ii) drink.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
7 Oct 2024
Answer
7 Oct 2024 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to encourage Government Departments in Whitehall to prioritise the (a) procurement and (b) purchase of British produced (i) food and (ii) drink.

  2. 7 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    As set out in the manifesto, we have an ambition to supply half of all food and drink into the public sector from local, British producers or those certified to higher environmental standards, whilst remaining in line with our World Trade Organization and...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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